Lady Windermere's Fan/Salomé/A Woman of No Importance/An Ideal Husband/A Florentine Tragedy/The Importance of Being Earnest

'To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness'

'The Importance of Being Earnest' is a brilliant comedy of mistaken identity, mocking the codes of propriety and etiquette. Snobbery and hypocrisy are also revealed in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime', 'A Woman of No Importance', and 'An Ideal Husband', while in 'Salomé' and 'A Florentine Tragedy', Oscar Wilde uses historical settings to explore the complex relationship between sex and power. The variety of these works reveals Wilde's delight in art, masks, and disguises and unveils the expectations of the social world in which he played such a dazzling and precarious role.

Edited with Introduction, Comments, and Notes by Richard Allen Cave

Pages: 464, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm